# Shalchura Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Shalchura

Shalchura is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **195 people in 38 households**, the 95th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 195people (2011)
- 38households
- 46.3%literacy
- 1,074females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shalchura

Of every 100 households in Shalchura in 2011, 20 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shalchura · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**66%

Use banking services ****20%**

**57%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shalchura?

■ Shalchura · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1074**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1385**

**967

Working population ****21.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.3% for men and 33.7% for women. 43% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (26%) · **■** Other work 3 (7%) · **■** Marginal 26 (62%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Neturia

- Lakshanpur226 people
- Hari Raydi Alias Birbaldi217 people
- Harmadi205 people
- Mahukura202 people
- Gopalganj189 people
- Chak Altabari185 people
- Belyadanga161 people
- Gosaindi134 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shalchura?195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shalchura in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shalchura?46.3% (Census 2011)